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Early treatment of Campylobacter jejuni enteritis
M D Williams1, J B Schorling, L J Barrett
1Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville 22908.
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
|February 1, 1989
Abstract:
The bacteriologic and clinical effects of early antibiotic treatment of Campylobacter jejuni enteritis were studied. Erythromycin rapidly eliminated C. jejuni from stools, whereas trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole did not. Despite its bacteriologic effectiveness, erythromycin did not reduce the duration or severity of diarrhea, abdominal pain, or other symptoms.